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The Expropriation Bill and its ‘Game-Changing’ Benefits for the BEE Elite

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Speaking last month to the Progressive Business Forum – a group of BEE and other businesses that pay the African National Congress (ANC) significant sums

Cyril’s only ‘success’ is in advancing the NDR

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Despite the many pious platitudes in last week’s SONA (state-of-the-nation address), the only ‘reforms’ President Cyril Ramaphosa is busy implementing are the policy shifts needed

Don’t be misled about the Expropriation Bill

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The government and other commentators – in describing the Expropriation Bill of 2020 as ‘a good piece of legislation’ which ‘carefully circumscribes’ the powers of

One week left to ‘Kill the Bill’

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When the Expropriation Bill of 2020 (the Bill) was gazetted in October last year, Deputy President David Mabuza claimed that it would ‘address the injustices

The wealth tax idea is back

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The SACP/ANC alliance has long wanted a wealth tax to help ‘discipline’ capital and advance the Freedom Charter’s goal of ‘sharing’ the country’s wealth. The

What Biden heralds for CRT and BEE

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President Joe Biden was inaugurated yesterday as the 46th president of the United States of America. As The Economist reports, his administration looks set to

Ignoring the distilled wisdom of centuries on EWC

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In pushing ahead with expropriation laws providing for ‘nil’ compensation in wide-ranging circumstances, the South African government is ignoring the distilled wisdom of centuries –

Ideology, control, and a desired NHI ‘pilot’ behind the Covid vaccine impasse

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South Africa has more than 1.1 million Covid-19 infections and in excess of 31 000 Covid-related deaths. A stricter curfew and many other controls have recently

Government can take your home, farm, or business premises under Constitutional Amendment Bill

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Over the next few weeks, the Daily Friend will be republishing a selection of the most popular posts of 2020. This piece was first published

The Good, the Bad – and the Bizarre

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A good development this week was the defeat of the ANC’s attempt to smuggle in the introduction of an electronic voting system under the cover